Municipal Solid Waste Management
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The official GTU curriculum for Municipal Solid Waste Management (subject code ME03000201) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME03000201)Unit 1 General
- Problems Associated With Solid Waste Disposal
- Generation of Solid Waste: Goals and Objectives of solid Waste Management
- Classification of Solid Waste
- Factors Influencing Generation of Solid Waste
- Characteristics of Solid Waste
- Analysis of Solid Waste
Unit 2 Onsite Handling, Storage and Processing
- Public Health and Aesthetics
- Onsite handling
- Onsite Storage
- Dust bins
- Community Containers
- Container Locations Onsite Processing methods
Unit 3 Solid Waste Collection, Transfer and Transport
- Collection Systems
- Equipment and Labour Requirement
- Collection Routes
- Options for Transfer and Transport Systems
Unit 4 Processing and Disposal Methods
- Processing Techniques and Methods of Disposal
- Sanitary Land filling
- Composting and Incineration
Unit 5 Recovery of Resources, Conversion Products and Energy
- Material Recovery
- Energy Generation and Recovery Operation
- Reuse in other Industry
- Industrial Solid Waste: Nature
- Treatment and Disposal methods